Local home for children dedicates mini-bike shop to help residents

10:21 AM,
Apr. 30, 2014

Debi Bartosek cutting the ribbon for the NYPUM building.

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In 1969, American Honda Motor Company developed a program called National Youth Project Using Mini-bikes, or NYPUM for short. The program was designed to give children who were not easily motivated through more traditional sports activities something to work towards.

The NYPUM program was appealing to the Black Mountain Home for Children, Youth and Families (BMH) because it is geared towards many of the children that their residential program serves.

On April 7, BMH presented their brand new NYPUM garage to the public. The president of BMH, Tom Campbell, hopes that the addition of the ...